Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tennessee, where the United States Forces commanded by Major General J. M. Schofield severely repulsed the Rebel Army under General J. B. Hood, November 30th, 1864. Compiled under the Direction of Col. W. E. Merrill, Chief Engr., D. Cd., by Edward Ruger, Supt., Topl. Engr. Office, Milty. Divn. Tenn....Surveys made by Major James R. Willett, 1st U.S.V.V. Engrs., and Major I. J. S. Remington, 74st Illinois V. V. Infy.

Ceremonies - Review in Theatre of Operations - American Troops - General Pershing and Major General J. A. LeJeune, Head of Second Division, said to be the first Marine Corps Officer to command regular Army troops

Ceremonies - Review in Theatre of Operations - Italian Army and Miscellaneous Reviews - Officers of the Interallied Council being reviewed at Versailles by Generals Belin, Robilant and Bliss

American Red Cross - Headquarters & Buildings - Opening day at the new American Red Cross Club Canteen at Winchester; The Morn Hill Camp at Winchester is now principal British Repatriaton Camp and more than 15,000 Americans who have been serving in British Army will pass through it during next 8 months, on their way home. British and American Officers in command of the big Camp. Miss Lillian Baldwin of Lakewood, N.J., who is in charge of the Club Canteen is standing next to Maj. Gen. MacPherson the British Command in Chief of the Repatriation Camp. Next to him is Col. G.R.G. Fisher of St. Paul, Minn. who is in charge of American Red Cross work in the Winchester District

Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, second from the left, administers the oath of office to General Creighton W. Abrams, the new U.S. Army chief of staff. Secretary of the Army Robert F. Froehlke looks on while Mrs. Abrams holds the Bible. Earlier in the ceremony, Secretary Laird presented the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. Abrams

Photograph of President Gerald Ford Meeting with Brent Scowcroft, Graham Martin, General Frederick Weyand, and Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office to Discuss the Situation in Vietnam

US Army medics from the 68th Medical Detachment, 25th Infantry Division, help Honolulu police officers transfer a a heart attack victim to a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter for a flight to a hospital

US Army medics from the 68th Medical Detachment, 25th Infantry Division, help Honolulu police officers move a heart attack victim for transfer to a medical evacuation helicopter

U.S. Army medics from the 68th Medical Detachment, 25th Infantry Division, help Honolulu police officers move a heart attack victim for transfer to a medical evacuation helicopter

The caskets of Major (MAJ) Arthur G. Bonifas and First Lieutenant (1LT) Mark T. Barrett are placed in vans by a US Army military police honor guard. The officers were attacked and killed by a group of North Korean guards during an incident in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea, on August 18,1976

The caskets of Major (MAJ) Arthur G. Bonifas and First Lieutenant (1LT) Mark T. Barrett are carried from a C-130 Hercules aircraft by a US Army military police honor guard. The officers were attacked and killed by a group of North Korean guards during an incident in the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea, on August 18,1976

The Oval Office. #7-10 President Carter meets with Major General Hal Aaron, Asst. Chief of Staff for Army Intelligence and Secy. Harold Brown; #11-16 meets with Rich Hutcheson, Staff Secretary to the President.

The Oval Office. President Carter and Vice President Mondale meet with Will Brandt, Chairman of the German Social Democratic Party. #4-10 The Oval Office. President Carter and Jack Watson meet with Lt. Gen. J.W. Morris, Chief of Army Engineer #15-16 Watson, Morris, Lance; #17-25 meets with OMB Dir. Bert Lance

A female US Army officer observes students working at a missile radar training console

Army helicopter pilots and Marine infantry officers take notes during a briefing prior to an assault on combat town. Marines from Co. F, 2nd Bn., 1ST Marines, are taking part in the field exercise

The Legion of Merit is presented to presented to SGM Frank E. James Jr., and inspector general with the 5th Army Inspector General's Office, upon his retirement. Presenting the award is COL Albert J. Dombrowsky Jr., 5th Army inspector general

LGEN Charles Tournier-Lasserve, la medicine general inspecteur (Surgeon General), Health Services of the Armed Forces of France, signs the Guest Book in the Office of the Commandant, Academy of Health Sciences, United States Army, during a visit

A high ranking Sudanese officer, left, and two Army colonels examine German built 7.62 mm G3 Heckler and Koch rifles on display during BRIGHT STAR '82, an exercise involving troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California. The Presidio in the 1870's matches ground plan. Triple-story bachelor officer quarter is on right, original Presidio building is left of center in picture (behind horse-drawn wood cart). Alcatraz is at the right edge of the picture in this view to north-northeast down center of the parade ground. At the right of the flag pole is the hospital, dating from 1854 and still at the original site. Post was inspected in 1866 when it had 1,156 officers and men in 16 companies, 14 of them preparing for duty in Arizona."

Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Lyn Shaw, Operations Research officer, Office of the Comptroller, receives the Legion of Merit from Lieutenant General Ernest D. Peixotto, comptroller of the Army

MGEN Louis C. Menetrey, director of Requirements for the Office of the Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Operations and Plans, is promoted to LT. GEN. by Army CHIEF of STAFF, GEN Edward C. Meyer. Assisting is LGEN Menetrey's wife Susan. He will assume command of the Combined Field Army in the Republic of Korea ceremony at the Pentagon

MAJ Barry Sprouse, operations officer of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Cavalry, directs the movement of an M-1 Abrams main battle tank during exercises at the U.S. Army Armor Center

US Army General (GEN) John W. Vessey Jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, inspects a sandbagged bunker with a US Navy flag officer while inspecting US Marine Corps facilities at Beirut International Airport

US Army General (GEN) John W. Vessey Jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, talks with officers while inspecting US Marine Corps facilities at Beirut International Airport

BGEN Kenneth A. Jolemore, director of Supply and Maintenance, Office of the Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Logistics, receives the stars that symbolize his promotion to the rank of MGEN from GEN John A. Wickham Jr., Army Vice CHIEF of STAFF. Assisting in the ceremony at the Pentagon is Garielle Jolemore

Lieutenant general stars are pinned on Fred K. Mahaffey by his wife Jane and General Edward C. Meyer, Army chief of staff, in a ceremony held in the general officer's mess in the Pentagon. Lieutenant General Mahaffey takes command as deputy chief of staff for operations

Members of the Australian Army man an M-60 machine gun position during a joint US/Australian training exercise at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. Second Lieutenant Brock E. Ayers, center, liaison officer from the 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, observes

An officer dressed in the ceremonial uniform of the 1ST Maryland Regiment, Corps of the Continental Line, participates in the Cessation of Hostilities Bicentennial Celebration at the Pentagon River Plaza. Members of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard) are in the background. The Commemoration honors the issuance of a Continental Congress proclamation to the assembled Main Army at Newburgh, New York, that announced a cease-fire between Americans and the British forces of King George III

An officer dressed in the ceremonial uniform of the 1ST Maryland Regiment, Corps of the Continental Line, participates in the Cessation of Hostilities Bicentennial Celebration at the Pentagon River Plaza. Members of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard) are in the background. The Commemoration honors the issuance of a Continental Congress proclamation to the assembled Main Army at Newburgh, New York, that announced a cease-fire between Americans and the British forces of King George III

Captain Arne W. Owens, commanding officer, drills the troops of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard), also known as the Commander-in-CHIEF's Guard. The unit is participating in the Cessation of Hostilities Bicentennial Celebration at the Pentagon River Plaza. The commemoration honors the issuance of a Continental Congress proclamation to the assembled Main Army at Newburgh, N.Y., that announced a cease-fire between Americans and the British forces of King George III

MAJ. GEN. Charles D. Franklin, chief of the Legislative Liaison Division, Office of the Secretary of the Army, presents the Legion of Merit to his Executive Officer, COL. Samuel E. Ebbesen, at a ceremony held at the Pentagon

Lieutenant General Richard G. Trefry, Inspector General, Headquarters, US Army, presents the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel John P. Coppens, an inspector general within the Office of the Inspector General during a ceremony held at the Pentagon

Major General Robert B. Solomon, Deputy Inspector General, presents the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel Gene N. Cartier, CHIEF of the Automation Management Branch, Office of the Inspector General, Headquarters, Department of the Army. Ceremony held at the Pentagon

General William R. Richardson, commading general, Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Fort Monroe, Va., presents installation colors to Major General Thomas W. Kelly, the new commanding officer of Fort Dix. Major General Robert H. Forman, right, the previous commanding general, looks on

The Joint Chiefs of STAFF (JCS) pose for a protrait in an office at the Pentagon. Standing, from left to right are Army CHIEF of STAFF General (GEN) John A. Wickham, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN Charles A. Gabriel, CHIEF of Naval Operations Admiral James D. Watkins, Commandant of the Marine Corps GEN Paul X. Kelley, and seated to the right, JCS Chairman GEN John W. Vessey. (Substandard image)

The Joint Chiefs of STAFF (JCS) pose for a protrait in an office at the Pentagon. Seated from left to right are Army CHIEF of STAFF General (GEN) John A. Wickham, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN Charles A. Gabriel, Chairman of the JCS GEN John W. Vessey, CHIEF of Naval Operations Admiral James D. Watkins and Commandant of the Marine Corps GEN Paul X. Kelley

Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. and Peggy Knapp pin new stars onto the shoulders of Brigadier General (BGEN) John W. Knapp, US Army Reserve, during a ceremony in Marsh's office at the Pentagon

Brigadier General (BGEN) Donald J. Delando, deputy adjutant general, US Army, gives the oath of office to Lieutenant General Nathaniel R. Thompson Jr., who is becoming Army inspector general. On the left is General (GEN) John A. Wickham Jr., Army chief of staff

Brigade General John T. Quinn, center discusses battle plans for the 25th Infantry Division with 1ST Lieutenant Edward Neasson, his aide-de-camp, and LT. Colonel Richard J. Lane, right, executive officer of the 2nd Brigade, during training exercises at Bradshaw Army Air Field, Pohakuloa Training Area. The 25th Infantry Division is preparing for joint South Korean/US training exercise Team Spirit `84

Japanese Self Defense Force officers dine on U.S. Army rations during their observance of training techniques by members of the 2nd Bde., 25th Infantry Division

A US Army lieutenant colonel explains the characteristics of an M1 Abrams main battle tank to two Soviet officers during Exercise REFORGER '83

Colonel (COL) Robert W. Berry, professor of law at the US Military Academy, West Point, New York, administers the oath of office to Susan J. Crawford, newly appointed general counsel to the Department of the Army. Undersecretary of the Army James R. Ambrose is in the left rear of the picture

General John A. Wickham, US Army CHIEF of STAFF, talks with 82nd Airborne Division officers prior to their deployment to Grenada for Operation URGENT FURY

Philip Townes, photo services division chief, US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), accepts the first place portrait category award for Robert D. Ward from Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr., USAAVC commander, during the first USAAVC Still Photographic Contest awards at the unit's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club

Robert Speller, US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), accepts the first place pictorial category award from Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr., USAAVC commander, during the first USAAVC Still Photographic Contest awards at the unit's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club

John S. Devivi, US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), accepts the top still photography trophy from Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr., USAAVC commander, during the first USAAVC Still Photographic Contest awards at the unit's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club

SPECIALIST 5 (SPC5) Ed Bosanko, US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), accepts the first place feature category award from Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr., USAAVC commander, during the first USAAVC Still Photographic Contest awards at the unit's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club

Past and present members of the US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC) are seated during the USAAVC's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club. Attending the event are, from left to right: Mrs. Halloran, retired Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jon De. Vitto, retired LTC Walter T. Halloran, Mrs. Nobel, Major (MAJ) William Nobel, Martha Dutcher, and Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr. commanding officer of the USAAVC

Former members of the US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), retired Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jon De. Vitto, left, and retired LTC Walter T. Halloran, right, pose for a picture with James T. Van Orden Jr., during the unit's 40th anniversary celebration at the Arlington Hall Station Officers Club

Major General John A. Hemphill of the Joint Training Forces, speaks to Lieutenant General H. Regaldo and other officers of the Honduran Army, at a ceremony to open a new airstrip during the AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) operation

Dr. William Gardner Bell of the US Army Center of Military History presents a copy of his recently published book"Commanding Generals and Chiefs of STAFF, 1775-1983; Portraits and Biolographical Sketches of the United States Army's SENIOR Officers,"to GEN John A. Wickham Jr., US Army chief of staff

Departing Deputy Secretary of Defense W. Paul Thayer, receives Distinguished Performance Service Medal from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., a gift from Secretary of the Air Force, Verne Orr in ceremonies attended by Pentagon Army and Air Force General Officers including; General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, CHIEF of STAFF

Departing Deputy Secretary of Defense W. Paul Thayer, receives Distinguished Performance Service Medal from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., a gift from Secretary of the Air Force, Verne Orr in ceremonies attended by Pentagon Army and Air Force General Officers including; General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, CHIEF of STAFF

Departing Deputy Secretary of Defense W. Paul Thayer, receives Distinguished Performance Service Medal from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., a gift from Secretary of the Air Force, Verne Orr in ceremonies attended by Pentagon Army and Air Force General Officers including; General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, CHIEF of STAFF

Departing Deputy Secretary of Defense W. Paul Thayer, receives Distinguished Performance Service Medal from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., a gift from Secretary of the Air Force, Verne Orr in ceremonies attended by Pentagon Army and Air Force General Officers including; General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, CHIEF of STAFF

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James T. Van Orden Jr., right, commanding officer, US Army Audiovisual Center (USAAVC), presents a copy of the union contract between USAAVC and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2 to Mildred S. Moseley, president, AFGE Local 2, during a contract signing ceremony at the Pentagon

Officers of the US and South Korean armies observe an early morning crossing of the Han River by soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. They are Major General W.H. Schneider, left, a South Korean army general, General (GEN) Robert W. Senrewald, center, and Brigadier General (BGEN) John T. Quinn

STAFF officers of the 25th Infantry Division and III Corps, South Korean army, stand in formation during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84 operational control ceremony. Lieutenant General Kim Dong Chun, commander, III Corps, South Korean army, and Major General William H. Schneider, commanding general, 25th Infantry Division, are in the center

Classmates and fellow officers are gathered at the funeral services for he retired General Mark Clark, US Army, at The Citadel Military Academy. Front row, left to right: General (GEN) B. Rogers, supreme allied commander, Europe; retired Major General J.A. Grinsley, US Army, president of the Citadel; and retired GEN William Westmoreland, US Army, former Army CHIEF of STAFF

Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh speaks with a US Army officer prior to a ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Europe

US Army Aviation Branch Emblem, Officers

General (GEN) John A. Wickham Jr., US Army CHIEF of STAFF (left), hosts the swearing-in of Lieutenant General (LGEN) Louis C. Wagner, Jr., US Army, as the new Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Research, Development and Acquisition. Administering the oath of office at the Pentagon ceremony is Major General (MGEN) (right). Holding the Bible is Judy Wagner, wife of LGEN Wagner

Major General (MGEN) Burton D. Patrick, CHIEF of Legislative Liason, Headquarters, Department of the Army, presents the Legion of Merit to Colonel (COL) Cornelius C. Holcomb, Deputy to the CHIEF of Plans and Operations Division, Office of the CHIEF of Legislative Liason. Observing the presentation is COL Holcomb's wife, Mary Ellen. The ceremony is taking place at the Pentagon

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Roger M. Ryan, Topographic Plans Officer, Office of the Assistant to the CHIEF of STAFF for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army, is presented the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Odom, Assistant to the CHIEF of STAFF for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. Attending the ceremony at the Pentagon is Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ryan's friend Maria Bachrach

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Bruce M. Leonard, Strategic Imagery Intelligence Officer for the Assistant to the CHIEF of STAFF for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army, is presented the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Odom, Assistant to the CHIEF of STAFF for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. Observing the ceremony is Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Leonard's wife, Kathleen. The ceremony is taking place at the Pentagon

Nestor D. Sanchez, deputy assistant secretary of defense for inter-American affairs, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Major General (MGEN) Neil Creighton upon his retirement from the US Army. Creighton served as director, Inter-American Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, prior to his retirement

British officers attending a conference view a demonstration during their visit to the US Army Armor Center

Army CHIEF of STAFF General (GEN) John A. Wickam Jr. is saluted by an Air Force officer. Wickam and other distinguished guests are assembled for the arrival of the body of Major (MAJ) Arthur D. Nicholson. Nicholson was shot and killed while on duty in East Berlin

A U.S. Army officer discusses the M-1 Abrams main battle tank with Peruvian dignitaries visiting the U.S. Army Armor Center as GEN Frederick J. Brown, stands by in the background

PH2 Paul Pappas photographs Major General (MGEN) John L. Ballantyne III, commandng general, US Army Military District of Washington, and a high ranking foreign officer during a ceremony a the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

U.S. Army and Marine Corps general officers attend a live fire demonstration during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'85

John O. Marsh Jr., Secretary of the Army, promotes COL William A. Stofft, CHIEF of Military History, to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at the Fort Myer Officers Club. Assisting Marsh is Stofft's wife, Patty

Female US Army officers stand in formation

A US Army instructor gives orders to student at Officer Candidate School

A female US Army officer conducts a class on military correspondence

Lieutenant General (LGEN) Charles W. Bagnal, commander, US Army Western Command, and two Japanese officers observe troop movements during the joint US/Japanese Exercise ORIENT SHIELD '85

A member of the US Army Finance and Accounting Class B Office, Japan, updates payroll information on a computer terminal

US Army and Japanese Ground Self Defense Force officers meet at Japanese Eastern Command Headquarters to coordinate plans for the upcoming bilateral training Exercise ORIENT SHIELD

General (GEN) Glenn K. Otis, commander in chief, US Army Europe and 7th Army, presents the George Blanchard Award for Outstanding Partnership to the commanding officer of the 2nd Brigade in Erlangen

An officer sends a message on a field radio in the tactical operations center of the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, during Exercise REFORGER '86

Brigadier General (BGEN) Charles Scharine, center, commander of the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, confers with his staff officers in the tactical operations center during Exercise REFORGER '86

US Army personnel and foreign military officers observe as vehicles used during Exercise REFORGER'86 are offloaded from a ship at the Dundalk Marine Terminal

Artwork: "Office," World War II. Artist: John G. Hanlen. US Army Art Collection

LT. GEN. Robert Elton, deputy chief of staff, personnel, U.S. Army, poses for a photo with Brig. GEN. Sherian Cadoria, the adjutant general, after presenting her with the Legion of Merit. Cadoria was the first Hispanic female officer to be promoted to brigadier general

Mrs. Brenda Schwarzkopf picks up a three-star rank insignia from a case offered by CHIEF Warrant Officer 3 John L. Drummond, left, as she and General Maxwell R. Thurman, second from left, Vice CHIEF of STAFF, US Army, prepare to pin the stars on the shoulders of Lieutenant General H. Norman Schwarzkopf during his promotion ceremony at the Pentagon

SPEC. 4 Charles Effinger works at a Tactical Army Combat Support Computer System (TACCS) terminal. The TACCS is used in the supply office and warehouse of the 210th Aviation Battalion, 193rd Infantry Brigade

SPEC. 4 Sharon Reilly works at a Tactical Army Combat Support Computer System (TACCS) terminal. The TACCS is used in the supply office and warehouse of the 210th Aviation Battalion, 193rd Infantry Brigade (Separate)

A 25th Infantry Division (Light) artilleryman explains a Howitzer firing switch to a Royal Thai Army officer during the joint US/Thai training Exercise COBRA GOLD '86

A general officer leaves the Third US Army Headquarters site during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

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